Monday, August 13, 2012

Current reading list.

I tossed Cass Sunstein's Worst Case Scenarios; it was just too dull after a while.

Right now I'm halfway through Thomas Mann's and Norman Ornstein's It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism.

It's a quick read with no repetition of ideas.  If you've paid attention to politics, this book serves as a quick refresher of the last two decades.  When you have the luxury of hindsight, you can piece together the clues of a movement, but in the moment, it is extremely difficult to discern from the hubbub of daily or short-term tactics.  Here's a hint: the politics of obstruction has been disastrous, but it's still growing.

On future tap: Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty.

--stretch--

Oh, and one eBook: Accessible ePub3 (it's free!)

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